What is your best barbecue sauce recipe

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Smokin Gator

I used to make my own sauces... but not anymore. There are just to many very good commercial sauces and making sauce is a PIA IMO!!

Now rubs... that is a different story.

When I first caught the BBQ bug, I spent a LOT of time and effort trying to come up with THE sauce. After all of that, I would be embarrased to tell you how simple the recipe is (not to mention that I would be breaking a time honored sacred blood oath ). Like a lot of things I am discovering as I get older, simpler can be better!




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not as pretty as JJ's...but this one was not for presentation. The client was afraid it would scare the women and children(...huh, why a whole hog then and not butts and ribs?). I also made the mistake of letting the client provide the pig. When I got it, it had only been dead a matter of hours (still warm) and the old guys that were supposed to scald and scape it decided after a couple of hours that it was too much work. ARGH! But it turned out really good, surprisingly enough. THey also "compensated" me real nicely for all of the headaches they created




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[Opusfxd]

I'll play. I was figuring this recipie out in 02 then got divorced and lost it. I just found it again and am giving it a whirl for the first time tonight.

2c ketchup
1c brown sugar
1/2 c honey
6T soy sauce
2t salt
2c Dr Pepper (this might be even better if I could get Dublin for this)
2t crushed or chopped garlic
2t prepared horseradish
4t Tobasco

My notes from back then also called for 1t of Franks Red Hot but I didn't put it in tonight and also only put in 3t of Tobasco. My oldest said it was really good with the sweet and the heat sneaking up on you. I'm thinking of going to 2t Tobasco.

I put it all in a saucepan and simmer it for about 30-45 minutes, let it sit to cool and then put it in a couple old BBQ sauce bottles of some commercial stuff I didn't like. I guess I'll see tomorrow how history was.